Announcements

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

 

ESTHER KATZ ROSEN FELLOWSHIP

American Psychological Foundation (APF) Mission and Funding

The APF provides financial support for innovative research and programs that enhance the power of psychology to elevate the human condition and advance human potential both now and in generations to come.  It executes this mission through a broad range of scholarships and grants.  For all of these, it encourages applications from individuals who represent diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, and sexual orientation.

 

The Esther Katz Rosen program funds graduate fellowships for work in giftedness of children.  Its description, application requirements, and procedures appear below.

 

Description

This Program was established in 1974 for the advancement and application of knowledge related to gifted and talented children and adolescents.  The Rosen fellowship supports graduate students whose work centers on the psychological understanding of gifted and talented children and adolescents.

 

Program Goals

-          Advance the understanding of gifted children for the ultimate purpose of enabling and enhancing development of their talents

-          Encourage promising graduate students to conduct research in this area

 

Funding Specifics

-          Up to $25,000 for one-year graduate fellowships

-          Up to three awarded each year

 

Eligibility Requirements

-          Completed doctoral candidacy (documentation required)

-          Good academic standing at accredited university in the U.S. or Canada and enrolled in graduate program during fellowship year

-          Tuition waiver by home institution

 

Evaluation Criteria

-          Conformance with stated program goals

-          Magnitude of incremental contribution

-          Quality of proposed work

-          Applicant’s demonstrated scholarship and research competence

 

Proposal Requirements

-          Description of proposed project to include goal in relation to program goals, conceptual framework (theory, background), target population, methods, expected outcome and impact, future research plans

Format: not to exceed 10 pages (1 inch margins, no smaller than 11 point font); one paragraph abstract

-          Timeline for execution

-          Full budget and justification (indirect costs not permitted)

-          Current CV

-          Recommendation from graduate advisor and Department Chair or Director of Graduate Studies

 

Submission Process and Deadline 

Submit a completed application online at http://forms.apa.org/apf/grants/ by March 1, 2010.

           

 

Questions about this program should be directed to Kim Palmer Rowsome, Program Officer, at krowsome@apa.org.